Ideal for beginning legal writers, this logically organized and exceptionally well-written text offers a concise and straightforward guide to legal writing and analysis. Updated to include exercises with increased focus on first-year courses, Legal Writing and Analysis, Second Edition, starts with an overview of the legal system and the lawyer s role, then leads students from reading and analyzing the law through the process of legal writing, providing numerous examples and exercises along the way.

Part One. Lawyers and the Legal Landscape

Overview of the Lawyer s Role The Legal System, the Common Law Process, and Kinds of Authority

Ideal for beginning legal writers, this logically organized and exceptionally well-written text offers a concise and straightforward guide to legal writing and analysis. Updated to include exercises with increased focus on first-year courses, Legal Writing and Analysis, Second Edition, starts with an overview of the legal system and the lawyer s role, then leads students from reading and analyzing the law through the process of legal writing, providing numerous examples and exercises along the way.

Table of Contents

Part One. Lawyers and the Legal Landscape

Overview of the Lawyer s Role The Legal System, the Common Law Process, and Kinds of Authority